Spatial–Temporal Variations of Water Quality in Urban Rivers after Small Sluices Construction: A Case in Typical Regions of the Taihu Lake Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling and Experiment
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. Relative Difference
2.3.2. Gaussian Fitting
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Variation of Water Quality Indicators in Different Seasons
3.2. Variation of Water Quality Indicators in the Upstream and Downstream
3.3. Variation of Water Quality Indicators in Urban Rivers
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Points | Relative Difference (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Flat | Wet | Dry | |
1 | 12.0 | 83.3 | 8.7 |
2 | 17.7 | 0 | 29.7 |
3 | 7.1 | 37.5 | −10.9 |
4 | 6.3 | 27.2 | −20.4 |
5 | 26.4 | 219.7 | 52.6 |
6 | 222.8 | 125.3 | 28.3 |
7 | 14.3 | 175.2 | 57.3 |
8 | 71.8 | 90.6 | 0.7 |
Points | Relative Difference (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Flat | Wet | Dry | |
1 | 20.8 | 12.5 | −7.1 |
2 | 9.4 | 0 | 26.1 |
3 | 10.7 | 19.0 | 10.0 |
4 | 7.4 | −4.6 | 20.0 |
5 | 37.5 | 41.2 | 0 |
6 | 205.3 | 73.3 | 260.1 |
7 | 2.9 | 34.8 | 52.6 |
8 | 160.1 | 60.0 | −3.3 |
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Lan, F.; Haisen, W.; Yan, Y. Spatial–Temporal Variations of Water Quality in Urban Rivers after Small Sluices Construction: A Case in Typical Regions of the Taihu Lake Basin. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12453. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912453
Lan F, Haisen W, Yan Y. Spatial–Temporal Variations of Water Quality in Urban Rivers after Small Sluices Construction: A Case in Typical Regions of the Taihu Lake Basin. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12453. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912453
Chicago/Turabian StyleLan, Feng, Wang Haisen, and Yan Yan. 2022. "Spatial–Temporal Variations of Water Quality in Urban Rivers after Small Sluices Construction: A Case in Typical Regions of the Taihu Lake Basin" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12453. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912453